Waddington Oval, Hall & Racecourse

Author

Shire of Victoria Plains

Place Number

12987

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Location

Waddington

Location Details

Local Government

Victoria Plains

Region

Wheatbelt

Construction Date

Constructed from 1920

Demolition Year

N/A

Statutory Heritage Listings

Type	Status	Date	Documents	More information
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Heritage Council Decisions and Deliberations

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(no listings)

Other Heritage Listings and Surveys

Type	Status	Date	Grading/Management		More information
Type	Status	Date	Category	Description	More information
Municipal Inventory	Adopted	27 Oct 1998	Category 5	Category 5 An historic site without built features. Recommend that the site is recognised by means of a plaque, place name, interpretive material, or an architectural or urban design, in due course. Recognition of the site. No specific regulations would be imposed, except in the case where the site is within the bounds of a precinct, in which case the precinct category would take precedence. While the Shire recognises the value of the site, it would be a community and/or Shire responsibility to mark the site, as appropriate in future development, recognition or interpretation.

Statement of Significance

The site has associations with recreation and social activities of generations of Waddington settlers.

Physical Description

Oval, cricket pitch, tennis court posts, sheep yard remains, concrete block toilet building, and part of the hall kitchen are still evident at the site.

History

The first race course was reputedly 'out at the river, at the Duck Pool, about a mile down from Nooda Pool' and was later shifted to Waddington Reserve, and later again, south to New Norcia. It reopened again at the Waddington reserve in 1911. The hall opened in the 1920s. It was the social centre of the area. The racecourse and tennis courts were popular as was the cricket pitch. The racecourse closed during the 1930s, but Shows were still held at the hall until the 1960s. In the late 1970s, under the Presidency of Dennis Halligan, the Hall committee wound up, due to lack of population and continued vandalism at the site. The timber and weatherboard hall was sold to B . Lenane of Bindi Bindi and relocated to his farm for use as a shearing shed.

Condition

Site

References

Ref ID No	Ref Name	Ref Source	Ref Date
	Erickson R; "The Victoria Plains".	Shire of Victoria Plains	1971
	Norwood H; "District History News".	New Norcia.	1969

Place Type

Historic Site

Uses

Epoch	General	Specific
Present Use	SOCIAL\RECREATIONAL	Other Community Hall\Centre
Original Use	SOCIAL\RECREATIONAL	Other Community Hall\Centre

Historic Themes

General	Specific
SOCIAL & CIVIC ACTIVITIES	Sport, recreation & entertainment

Creation Date

14 Dec 1998

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Approved

Last Update

01 Jan 2017

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